Pork roast with potatoes.

Hello out there! Its been a long time...

   Early at the morning I decided to make a pork roast with potatoes and fresh lemon juice. This is a dish we make in Greece on Sundays, on Celebrations, on family dinners. It is a beautiful, full of flavor pork roast you gonna love.

 Likely in the neighborhood is a good place that i can find the best meat in town! so, here we go! To make the pork roast you will need:

Pork shoulder--- preferable with a middle bone and some fat around.

Potatoes (5-6 big potatoes)

2-3 lemons

garlic ( 2-3 cloves)

oregano,

orange-green-red sweet bell peppers ( one each)* optional

salt and pepper

olive oil

foil

Parchment paper ( important!)

I use a round baking pan ( metal) I bought from an Arabic groceries market which I cover with parchment paper ( two big big pieces cross shaped)

Usually I bake two big pieces of pork shoulder about 4-6 pounds ( depends on how many are for dinner).After I wash the meat  I poke it  with a sharp small knife and I fill up the holes with some garlic and bell pepper stripes.Make sure you have make holes all around, both of the sides. After you fill up the holes with the garlic and the peppers. Give a nice "massage" to the meat with 1/2 cup of olive oil, season with salt-pepper-oregano and place the meat in the baking dish, on the middle of the crossed paper. 

 Then, peel off the potatoes and cut them in 4 pieces( have to be big pieces). in a mixing bowl put the  potatoes, season with some garlic, salt, pepper oregano, the fresh fresh squeezed lemon juice and 1/2 cup of olive oil. Put the potatoes and all the juice from the mixing bowl into the baking dish . I fill up the baking dish with the potatoes all around the meat. Add a cup of hot water and if you like a pinch of sugar ON the meat. Wrap the food in the parchment paper and cover the dish with foil paper.

 That's it! Ready for the Oven .!

I bake it for several hours., Sometimes I have it in the oven throughout the night ( 12-7 o'clock in the morning) at 200 degrees.  You can bake it for 3-4 hours at 250 degrees. Remove the foil after that time , open the paper and turn your oven up to 350-400 for 20 minutes . These 20 minutes will give a beautiful color to your pork roast!

I can guarrantee you , this will be melting in your mouth .It is a favorite dish for my work collegues, and family .

Enjoy!

Emmanuel~